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When used in regard to timber, the scantling is (also "the scantlings are") the thickness and breadth, the sectional dimensions; in the case of stone it refers to the dimensions of thickness, breadth and length.
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from the fore side of the stem to the centerline of the rudder stock. Scantling length need not be less than 96%, nor more than 97% of the length of the summer load line.
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measuring tool, also used of the measurements taken by it, and of a piece of timber of small size cut as a sample. Sometimes synonymous with
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length, etc. is called for. Naval architects wishing to comply with class rules would also use the scantling length.
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Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels — Part 3: Hull Construction and Equipment
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refers to the structural length of a ship. Its distance is slightly less than the
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use a similar definition of scantling length to define the general length of a
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is a measurement of prescribed size, dimensions, or cross sectional areas.
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of a ship, and generally less than the overall length of a ship.
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In shipping, a "full scantling vessel" is understood to be a
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Index

Scantlings
Scantling (surname)
scantillon
carpenter's
stonemason's
story pole
Old French
mod.
échantillon
Italian
Latin
scansion
shipbuilding
keel
waterline length
American Bureau of Shipping
summer load line
classification societies
ship
displacement
geared ship




Chisholm, Hugh
"Scantling" 
Encyclopædia Britannica
Keegan, John
The Price of Admiralty

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